Things Happen for Reasons

What did I learn about surrendering and acceptance? I once attended a ten days Vipassana meditation course, which required no communication at all. In the first three days, I felt so frustrated. My mind was busy thinking what things needed to be done at work and home. Then I felt so frustrated that I was sitting there meditating all day, and not getting anythings done in life. To me, it was such a waste of my time. The frustration continuously built up. By the fifth day, I went to the teacher and requested to leave.  She was very understanding. But she asked me to try one more day by letting go of my thoughts and just surrender to the presence. By that evening, I started to calm down. Something magically happened. As soon as I surrendered to the fact that I was there, focused on the presence, and disregarded my past and future, all the stiffness and pain on my body went away. I actually stayed through the whole ten days. By the tenth day, I was getting so used to the rule of no talking, and never felt such joy and peace within. In addition, my body felt great as well.

It was a big lesson I learned. Often in life, we try so hard to have everything in our ways. When things don’t turn out to be the way we prefer or wish for, we feel sad, upset, or even depressed. Sometimes, we just have to let go of things that don’t mean to be, and be open minded to welcome things that mean to come. Just take a leap of faith with God and trust what mean to come is the best for the highest good of all parties. At the times when we feel disappointed of things or people in life, let’s try to send them love and blessings. Interestingly, we actually feel so much better.

Surrendering and Acceptance doesn’t mean not to work hard for what our heart desires. There is a difference between the desire of what we “want”, and that which we want so that we are attached to the wanting. We need to be open to the flowing with the world and accepting what is good for us, and for the greater good. We should do our best in all matters for the highest good of everyone, but not to worry about the outcome. Surrender to God and accept whatever the outcome would be because it must be the best for the highest good of us.